Michigan · Public charity
Women's Division Chamber of Commerce
Activities to create civic consciousness & encourage/aid community development, idea exchange, women's orgs networking and government participation.
- $343k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $257k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $42,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $236k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Women's Division Chamber of Commerce funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $257k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $153k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $256k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $202k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $138k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $212k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $113k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $219k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission for Area People | $137,490 | 9 | 7% |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $135,300 | 9 | n/a |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $68,791 | 7 | 0% |
| Agewell Services of West Michigan | $64,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Salvation Army | $37,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Pioneer Resources | $16,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Fresh Coast Alliance | $16,300 | 2 | 1% |
| City Heart Ministries | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Hope Project Inc | $15,215 | 2 | 3% |
| West Michigan Flight Academy | $14,500 | 2 | 5% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission for Area People | $137,490 | 9 | 7% |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $135,300 | 9 | n/a |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $68,791 | 7 | 0% |
| Agewell Services of West Michigan | $64,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Salvation Army | $37,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Pioneer Resources | $16,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Fresh Coast Alliance | $16,300 | 2 | 1% |
| City Heart Ministries | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Hope Project Inc | $15,215 | 2 | 3% |
| West Michigan Flight Academy | $14,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Read Muskegon | $8,005 | 1 | 3% |
| Bethany Housing Ministries Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holton Community Center | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tempting Tables | $7,415 | 1 | 70% |
| Greater Muskegon Support Services Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Muskegon Firefighters Local 370 | $6,791 | 1 | n/a |
| No More Sidelines | $5,039 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Women's Division Chamber of Commerce supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Muskegon County · United Way of the Lakeshore · Mercy Health Partners · Muskegon Community Health Project · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · Folkert Family Foundation · Feeding America West Michigan · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Women's Division Chamber of Commerce with peer funders
About Women's Division Chamber of Commerce
- How much does Women's Division Chamber of Commerce give?
- Women's Division Chamber of Commerce reported 21 itemized grants totaling $256,515, out of $342,515 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Women's Division Chamber of Commerce fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (19%), Youth Development (14%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are Women's Division Chamber of Commerce's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mission for Area People ($137k), Muskegon Rescue Mission ($135k), Kids' Food Basket Inc ($69k).
- Does Women's Division Chamber of Commerce fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Women's Division Chamber of Commerce?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Muskegon County, United Way of the Lakeshore, Mercy Health Partners.
- Where is Women's Division Chamber of Commerce based?
- Women's Division Chamber of Commerce is based in MI.
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